shear

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These observations indicate that shear strain has almost no influence on when Sr2RuO4 becomes superconducting.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

That’s commonly near the center of the office floor, far from windows and close to permanent shear walls that limit sound intrusion.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

“You can shear a sheep for life, but you can only slaughter it once” goes an old saying that sportsbooks seem to have heeded.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Even though the inner core is solid, it behaves like a softened metal, slowing seismic shear waves and displaying a Poisson's ratio more similar to butter than to steel.

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

But finally the merchant appeared, and asked the boy to shear four sheep.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho